CRPF jawan among 4 dead in Udhampur road mishap
Jammu, Jan. 28 -- Four people, including a CRPF jawan, were killed when a bus hit a stationary load carrier and a motorcycle in Udhampur district, said officials on Tuesday.
The deceased have been identified as CRPF jawan Mukesh Prajapati of Madhya Pradesh, Rattan Lal, 28, of Batore, Sanjeev Kumar, 42, of Rehmati in Udhampur and Rayees Ahmed of Budgam.The accident occurred near Jakhani-Chenani area on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway around 11 am.
The bus driver, in a bid to avert collision with a rashly driven motorcycle, rammed his bus into a stationary load carrier, said a police officer.
The bus was on its way to Jammu from Doda. "The bus first hit the motorbike and then crashed into the load carrier, which had developed some snag and was being repaired by a mechanic," he said. The mechanic and the load carrier driver died on the spot, while two persons travelling in the bus, who were flung out of the emergency window of the bus, were critically injured. They later succumbed to injuries on the way to the hospital.
Twelve students were injured after a private school bus overturned Lahat-Shivnagar road, about 25 km from Palampur in Kangra district on Tuesday, police said. The students sustained minor injuries and seven were taken to hospital. A teacher and the conductor of the bus also sustained injuries. Police have registered a case under sections 281, and 125(a) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita against the bus driver....
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